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Astronomers assemble 'light-fingerprints' to unveil mysteries of the cosmos

Earthbound detectives rely on fingerprints to solve their cases; now astronomers can do the same, using 'light-fingerprints' instead of skin grooves to uncover the mysteries of exoplanets.

July 31, 2018 Read more

Pair of colliding stars spill radioactive molecules into space

Astronomers have made the first definitive detection of a radioactive molecule in interstellar space: a form, or isotopologue of aluminum monofluoride.

July 30, 2018 Read more

X-ray technology reveals never-before-seen matter around black hole

Scientists clarified how gravity affects the shape of matter near the black hole in binary system Cygnus X-1. Their findings may help scientists further understand the physics of strong gravity and the evolution of black holes and galaxies.

July 27, 2018 Read more

Galaxy outskirts likely hunting grounds for dying massive stars and black holes

Study finds a new place to look for black-hole collisions and gravitational waves.

July 26, 2018 Read more

Black holes really just ever-growing balls of string, researchers say

Calculations find a flaw in the firewall argument.

July 26, 2018 Read more

Einstein's general relativity near black hole finally confirmed

Observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope have for the first time clearly revealed the effects of Einstein's general relativity on the motion of a star passing through the extreme gravitational field very close to the supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way.

July 26, 2018 Read more

How to weigh stars with gravitational lensing

Astronomers predict star approaches with extreme precision for the first time.

July 25, 2018 Read more

Gas 'halos' surrounding young galaxy contain clues to its growth

A team of astronomers has found a new way to unlock the mysteries of how the first galaxies formed and evolved.

July 24, 2018 Read more

Researchers unravel more mysteries of metallic hydrogen

Liquid metallic hydrogen is not present naturally on Earth and has only been created in a handful of places. Scientists are researching the properties of liquid metallic hydrogen to understand how planets both inside and outside our solar system form magnetic shields.

July 23, 2018 Read more

Discovering structure in the outer corona (w/video)

Using advanced algorithms and data-cleaning techniques, scientists discovered never-before-detected, fine-grained structures in the outer corona - the Sun's million-degree atmosphere -- by analyzing images taken by NASA's STEREO spacecraft.

July 18, 2018 Read more

How to fit a planet inside a computer: developing the Energy Exascale Earth system model

Researchers have developed a new simulation to help us learn more about Earth's present and future.

July 13, 2018 Read more

Could gravitational waves reveal how fast our universe is expanding?

Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing, researchers say.

July 12, 2018 Read more

First evidence on the source of extragalactic particles

For the first time ever, scientists have determined the cosmic origin of highest-energy neutrinos.

July 12, 2018 Read more

Hubble and Gaia team up to fuel cosmic conundrum

Using the power and synergy of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the universe's expansion rate.

July 12, 2018 Read more

Rocky planet neighbor looks familiar, but is not Earth's twin

Detailed chemical abundances of the Ross 128 help us understand its exoplanet Ross 128 b.

July 10, 2018 Read more

Plasma-spewing quasar shines light on universe's youth, early galaxy formation

Found: Quasar with the brightest radio emission ever observed in the early universe.

July 9, 2018 Read more

Could one of Saturn's moons support life?

The discovery of complex molecules from one of Saturn's moons suggests that it could support life.

July 6, 2018 Read more

The Gaia Sausage: The major collision that changed the Milky Way galaxy

This cosmic crash was a defining event in the early history of the Milky Way and reshaped the structure of our galaxy, fashioning both its inner bulge and its outer halo.

July 5, 2018 Read more